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Refrigeration backup
Walk-ins, line refrigeration, and freezer protection during SDG&E outages. The spoilage avoided usually justifies the install.
Solar for Restaurants
Solar and storage designed for restaurant operations
Restaurants have a specific energy profile: heavy refrigeration baseload, high lunch and dinner demand spikes, and zero tolerance for spoilage during outages. Solar plus storage, designed correctly, addresses all three.
Refrigeration
Critical-load priority
Demand charge
Tuned to kitchen peaks
NEM 3.0
Storage from day one
Carport
Limited-roof options
Restaurant fit
The math is different for a kitchen than for an office
Generic commercial solar proposals miss the demand profile a restaurant actually runs. Storage sizing has to account for refrigeration backup, not just demand-charge shaving.
- 01Refrigeration as a critical-load circuit
- 02Demand-charge analysis tuned to kitchen peaks
- 03Carport and rooftop options for limited-roof sites
- 04NEM 3.0 design with storage as a core component
- 05Service relationships that outlast warranty
Where storage pays off
Six restaurant-specific use cases
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Demand-charge management
Kitchen demand spikes during lunch and dinner service drive expensive demand charges. Battery storage shaves the peaks.
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Time-of-use shift
Dinner service falls right inside peak rate windows. Solar plus storage moves your energy spend off the grid during those hours.
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Hood + HVAC continuity
Exhaust hoods and HVAC are non-negotiable for service. Critical-load circuits keep them running through grid disruptions.
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Carport on limited roof
Restaurant rooftops are often crowded with kitchen exhaust and HVAC. Carport solar in the parking lot opens new install potential.
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Service through warranty
A solar contractor that's still here in year ten. We service what we install, and we service systems other companies abandoned.
What we've learned from restaurant installs
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Refrigeration uptime is the non-negotiable
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Hood, dishwasher, and HVAC drive the demand curve
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Roof access has to be planned around kitchen exhaust
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A bad solar install can cost more than no solar at all
Conversion
Send a recent power bill
A copy of your latest bill is the fastest way to model what solar and storage would do for your kitchen's operating costs.
- San Diego business solar savings snapshot
- Utility bill review for commercial sites
- Battery backup fit-check for outage-sensitive facilities
Request a free savings estimate
Tell us about your project and we will follow up to discuss fit, savings potential, and next steps.